Active travel can contribute to physical activity achieved over a day. Previous studies
have examined active travel associated with trips in various western countries, but few studies
have examined this question for the Asian context. Japan has high levels of cycling, walking and
public transport, similar to The Netherlands. Most studies have focused either on children or on
adults separately, however, having children in a household will change the travel needs and wants
of that household. Thus, here a household lifecycle stage approach is applied. Further, unlike
many previous studies, the active travel related to public transport is included. Lastly, further to
examining whether the built environment has an influence on the accumulation of active travel
minutes, a binary logistic regression examines the built environment’s influence on the World
Health Organization’s recommendations of physical activity. The findings suggest that there is a
clear distinction between the urbanized centers and the surrounding towns and unurbanized areas.
Further, active travel related to public transport trips is larger than pure walking trips. Females and
children are more likely to achieve the WHO recommendations. Finally, car ownership is a strong
negative influenc